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ReviewACS chemical biology2010

Advances in the biology and chemistry of sialic acids.

Xi Chen, Ajit Varki

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Review in ACS chemical biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 209 papers.

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209citing papers in PubMed
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

209 citing papers in PubMed, 545 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xi ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. chen@chem.ucdavis.edu
Ajit Varki
University of California, Davis · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Siglec Modulation of Inflammation in Humans and MiceP01HL057345 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI VARKI, NISSI MARY · 1997 to 2012
$24.1M
Neu5Gc and anti-Neu5Gc antibodies for detection of cancer and cancer riskU01CA128442 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI VARKI, AJIT P · 2007 to 2011
$2.1M
Studies of Naturally Occurring Structurally Modified CarbohydratesR01GM076360 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CHEN, XI · 2006 to 2010
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA128442NCI NIH HHS U01CA128442NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL057345NHLBI NIH HHS P01HL57345NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM076360NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM076360
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sialic acids are a subset of nonulosonic acids, which are nine-carbon alpha-keto aldonic acids. Natural existing sialic acid-containing structures are presented in different sialic acid forms, various sialyl linkages, and on diverse underlying glycans. They play important roles in biological, pathological, and immunological processes. Sialobiology has been a challenging and yet attractive research area. Recent advances in chemical and chemoenzymatic synthesis, as well as large-scale E. coli cell-based production, have provided a large library of sialoside standards and derivatives in amounts sufficient for structure-activity relationship studies. Sialoglycan microarrays provide an efficient platform for quick identification of preferred ligands for sialic acid-binding proteins. Future research on sialic acid will continue to be at the interface of chemistry and biology. Research efforts not only will lead to a better understanding of the biological and pathological importance of sialic acids and their diversity but also could lead to the development of therapeutics.

Indexed as

Sialic AcidsBacteriaCombinatorial Chemistry TechniquesGenetic EngineeringMicroarray AnalysisNeuraminidasePolysaccharidesPolysaccharides, BacterialSialyltransferasesNeuraminidasePolysaccharidesPolysaccharides, BacterialSialic AcidsSialyltransferases

Identifiers

PMID20020717
PMCPMC2825284
OpenAlexW2027170262

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